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He said: “I went and stayed there [the hospital] for a couple of days.

Lincoln County Hospital

“When I got my daughter back home, the back doors had been smashed and someone had broken in.

“It was not very nice to be sleeping on a chair next to your daughter’s hospital bed, to find out what had happened while we were gone was horrible.”

Items stolen included games consoles such as an Xbox One and Nintendo Switch that his children used, his laptop and a lot more expensive electrical items. Some of the items had only been brought by Mr Kilmore a few weeks earlier for his son on his birthday.

Games consoles were stolen while Mr Kilmore was away (Image: Joseph Kilmore)

Mr Kilmore now only lives with Krystal and shares custody of his other three children with his ex-wife.

Since the incident, he says that he has been unable to have his other children round amid fears that another break-in could occur.